USF journalism blog

Amanda Van West Writes about Her UK Masters

2010-07-20T16:34:00.000-07:00

I'd definitely recommend getting an advanced degree abroad! It took less than a year, and the degree is valid in the US. Yes, I'd say there's value in getting to experience the news culture here, in comparison to the US. One big difference that I found is that it's so much easier to get interviews in the US. Over here, many people don't give student journalists the time of day...so then you have to work hard to think of creative solutions to fill in those gaps!

A Grad's MA Project from Westminster University in the UK

2010-07-19T11:59:00.000-07:00

California's Cannabis Culture from amanda van west on Vimeo.

Layla Paige Blankenship: Congratulations, Fred

2010-02-02T22:58:00.000-08:00

Beautiful baby girl.

Nice.

Michael Serazio: a Job, a Wife ...

2010-01-19T10:56:00.000-08:00

Hope 2010 has started off auspiciously for you and all is well out in Cali! Just wanted to shoot you a quick note with some excellent news - landed a tenure-track assistant professor gig in Fairfield University's Department of Communication, starting this September (will be defending my dissertation this summer at Penn). Couldn't be more psyched about and grateful for this opportunity - great Jesuit school, friendly department, excellent location near NYC and the very great David Gudelunas was the search chair - all good things...

Oh, and I think I owed you a photo from the wedding in October; if still interested, a few snaps here: http://www.channingjohnsonblog.com/2009/11/seaport-hotel-wedding/

Anthony Congi for a Good Cause

2010-01-19T10:53:00.000-08:00

Hey guys,

Some of you have probably heard, for some this may be new, but I'm taking part in a Relay for Life event which benefits the American Cancer Society. "Dancing with the Idaho Falls Stars" is sure to make me look ridiculous, but it's for a great cause.

If you could help out the cause by donating any amount possible, I would greatly appreciate it.

Here's the link:

Thanks in advance,
Anthony

One-Word Wit

2009-11-04T10:55:00.000-08:00

A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

nihilarian

PRONUNCIATION:

(nih-i-LAR-ee-uhn)

MEANING:

noun: One who does useless work.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin nihil (nothing).

USAGE:

"You may find yourself worrying that you're turning into a nihilarian."
Sian Prior; Ineffable; The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Dec 16, 2002.

Our Own James Tedford, Legendary Foghorn Editor

2009-10-25T16:25:00.000-07:00

He's been working on his doctorate at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, while working as a course developer in their Distance Learning unit. He writes:

In case you haven’t heard already, Julie and I are moving to Bakersfield. Actually, she has already moved and, as usual, I am trying to catch up. She was hired three weeks ago by a non-profit group, Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, that provides free legal services to the poor. Julie will be the attorney in charge of a new unit that serves victims of domestic violence. Before law school, Julie managed a battered women’s shelter; ever since, family law has been one of her top interests.

And it's the fulfillment of a dream for both of us. Since we started dating in 2001, we have intended to commit our lives to advocacy for the marginalized. Before we met, each of us had been convicted by the Bible’s preoccupation with justice for the poor and oppressed. Now we are at a point where, as a couple, we are prepared to take significant action.

And also at a point where I need to finish my dissertation.

Amanda Van West is Alive, Well, Blogging in the UK

2009-10-18T11:17:00.000-07:00

Let's go visit. She says there will be pictures of her next to England's historical treasures.

(Day of the Dead at the British Museum. Who would have thunk?)

Our Own Anthony Congi

2009-10-09T16:58:00.000-07:00

I was nominated for Rookie of the Year from the Idaho Press Club. The guy who won was more of a producer and editor who made these documentary type stories about skiing. So as far as reporters went, I guess I did the best. It was nice to be nominated.

-AC

http://idahopressclub.org/Website/Best-of-2008-Awards.html

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1st Greg Schaefer – Plum-TV, Sun Valley
2nd Anthony Congi – KIDK Channel 3

Our Own Niall Adler

2009-10-01T16:06:00.000-07:00

Niall Adler, a 1998 media studies graduate, was hired in the Summer of 2009 as the assistant communications director at Stanford University after a brief stint working professional sports in Melbourne, Australia and eight years at Long Beach State. Adler will be the secondary media contact for the Cardinal football team and the primary contact for the national caliber baseball and swimming programs. Overall, Adler has worked with 75 professional athletes, including Major Leaguers Evan Longoria, Troy Tulowitzki and Jered Weaver, and worked at sporting events on four continents.

Finn Christian Nerboe: Good Job, Sunny

2009-09-24T07:37:00.000-07:00

From Singapore:

hi everyone,

Staale and I are proud to announce the arrival of our baby boy - Finn Christian Nerboe.
He was born on September 4th at 1:14am weighing 3.4 kg and 53 cms tall.

cheers,

Sunny and Staale

Pat Lagreid is Now a Fashion Maven

2009-09-18T20:18:00.000-07:00

Up there in Seattle at examiner.com. We didn't see this coming.

Toan's Latest at HuffPost

2009-09-10T17:46:00.000-07:00

Here's the link.

Joe and Julianna Walters and Their Little Dividends

2009-09-10T13:36:00.000-07:00

Jules took reporting! Both she and Joe were Comm Arts majors back in the day.

Kate Elston's Travel Blog is Up and Running: Off to South America

2009-09-09T22:39:00.000-07:00

Here it is. Bookmark soonest.

Toan Lam's Latest GoInspireGo.com video

2009-09-08T09:30:00.000-07:00

Here's the blog post that goes with the story.

2009-08-26T22:27:00.000-07:00

So I take the class out to the little six-block enclave between upper and lower campus and explain this is our beat for the semester. A friend from Communication strides by. I intercept him, and he kindly agrees to be interviewed. You will notice my sly and subtle pedagogical methods.

Toan Lam's Latest GoInspireGo Video

2009-08-24T09:48:00.001-07:00

Kate Elston off to Chile for Print Internship

2009-08-16T11:25:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the recommendation for the Adelante program in Valparaiso, Chile! I got accepted and will be interning for a newspaper or magazine (still to be seen) for the month of October. On either side of that internship, I'm going to Ecuador and Argentina to do some volunteering and traveling. Super excited.

Here is the website of the program: http://www.adelanteabroad.com/Chile/chile_intern.cfm, in case you're interested or want to pass on more information to others about it. It seems really awesome so far. I'll tell you more about it as I'm there (I'll be blogging, of course) and when I finish.

Congi and the Big Marijuana Bust

2009-08-13T12:56:00.000-07:00

from Facebook:

Anthony T.C. Congi Covering the biggest marijuana bust in Idaho history. Details to come

about an hour ago · Comment · Like

$47K to Attend Columbia J: A Guy Wonders If He Should've

2009-08-12T22:27:00.000-07:00

A friend sent the Gawker link.

Last week, the University of Georgia journalism school published a report about the horrible employment prospects and salaries awaiting j-school grads. As anyone reading this site knows, for the last few years media outlets have constantly been folding, firing people, and slashing pay. Things have gotten so bad in the media industry that some observers now say j-schools should be closed altogether. So, what are we all doing here?

But he's going to stick. The comments are interesting.

Toan Lam and the Ripple Effect

2009-08-11T10:46:00.000-07:00

Entrepreneurial Grads Joe and Julianna Acken Walters

2009-08-09T14:38:00.000-07:00

Just got this email:

Jules and I are really excited about our new business venture and we wanted to reach out to you because we value your support.

While living in LA, we successfully ran a bakery business. We really enjoyed working with each other - we complement each other well. A couple of months ago, we had a long discussion about what we could do together to support our growing family and put our talents to work in the service of others. We came up with the business model for Face Time Marketing.

Between my Agency experience managing marcom events and interactive projects for Fortune 1,000 clients and Jules' years of small business ownership, great writing skills and social media mastery, we have put together a business to provide Strategic Internet Marketing Planning and Consulting Services to small business clients.

Why Internet Marketing?

The ROI in Internet Marketing for small business is off the charts! There are so many free and affordable tools out there for small business owners. The Web 2.0 shift and the dawn of social media and mobile internet have changed the world of Marketing and Advertising, and leveled the playing field for small businesses. We want to help people to take advantage of this.

We begin with a free, one-hour consultation where we learn your needs and provide some advice to quickly improve Internet marketing. Then we conduct an extensive review of your existing Internet marketing initiatives and create a unique Internet Marketing Strategy for your business. After that, we offer a-la-carte implementation services including web design, search engine optimization, web analytics, copywriting, and training. Our rates are reasonable and affordable - for the cost of a monthly ad in a "Clip-It" magazine, we can get you on the road to effective online marketing.

We are confident in our value proposition. Our goal is to enable our clients to manage effective Internet marketing efforts themselves. We support Open Source technology and web applications like Wordpress and Drupal because we don't want our clients locked into solutions that they can't easily update or integrate. We are not here to sell websites, we're here to help create comprehensive and integrated Internet marketing strategy for our clients.

A Dispatch from Our Ambassador to Minnesota

2009-08-09T14:35:00.000-07:00

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Greetings from Minnesota! I've officially completed my first year of grad school and will begin my second (and last) year this September. I'm happy to report that my program of choice - Masters in Advocacy and Political Leadership at the University of MN Duluth - has been a great experience so far and has expanded quite a bit since I started. New cohorts have increased in size and various schools across the country have expressed an interest in implementing similar programs in their states. (In fact, the director told me that one of the reasons MAPL got the huge grant that they did a few months ago was due to the fact they could say someone from CA moved all the way to MN to participate. Ha!) It's a great program for studying politics in a more applied manner, rather than theoretical; the best way I've heard it described is that MAPL is to political science what entrepreneurial programs are to business school.

My current job has also been a great learning experience. I'm working on a gubernatorial campaign, and my desire to work in politics is actually one of the reasons I haven't kept my personal USF Journalism blog up-to-date. The last campaign I interned on (before getting this current job) requested that no one associated with the campaign put anything "out there" that could be considered controversial, and everyone was asked to be very conscious of what we put on social networking sites - Facebook, Myspace, etc. - as well as blogs, so just to be on the safe side I took a break, which I've kind of carried over into my new role. I don't have a personal objection to such discretion, but believe it to be an interesting topic of conversation considering how relevant and crucial such media outlets are to politics these days. I doubt there will be anyone running for office 5, 10, or 15 years from now who won't have a personal history that can be tracked on the Internet through such sites, but at the same time I see the value of moderation, and even limitation.

All in all, Minnesota has been an interesting ride. The weather is less than ideal but the people are gracious and welcoming. I'm learning how to cast a fishing pole and deal with my In-N-Out cravings, and if I could just find a decent place to get a haircut, things would be pretty darn good.

Kate Elston at KALW

2009-08-04T11:22:00.000-07:00

I've been interning with KALW this summer, helping to produce their daily call-in show "Your Call" and it's been really awesome! I produced my first show last week!

Teresa Rochester Interviews the Survivor of a Partial Nuclear Meltdown 50 Years Later

2009-08-02T20:28:00.000-07:00

Teresa says she found this story -- all 82-column inches of it -- particularly satisfying. Here's an excerpt:

An improvised cleanup

It’s also true, Pace said of a story that seems more lore than fact, that women’s sanitary napkins were used to wipe down contaminated surfaces with cleansers gathered from around the 2,850-acre Field Laboratory after the meltdown. The absorbent material was more effective and longer lasting than sponges. A secretary suggested using them, he said.

“It was brilliant,” Pace said. “When we were done we’d throw it in a plastic bag and throw it out back.”

It’s likewise true, Pace said, that radioactive gases were released. The night of the surge, the men — dressed in nothing more protective than cotton coveralls — worried about venting “hot” gases into the air.

“The big thing on their mind was which way the wind was blowing,” Pace said. “They released that (gas) and it went out over the San Fernando Valley where all their children and families were, and they couldn’t say a thing about it because it was top secret.”

The Agony and the Ecstacy, or Do I Mean More Agony?

2009-08-02T19:19:00.000-07:00

Corinna Halloran is not only running the NYC Marathon -- and quite properly asking for donations to fight childhood obesity -- she's blogging her prep day by day.

Will she twitter the race itself?

Toan Lam Back Up at Huffington Post

2009-08-01T12:56:00.000-07:00

His previous post led the Living section in hits. Here's the new one.

Adjunct Extraordinaire Sam Green Loves USF

2009-07-30T10:39:00.000-07:00

A FILMMAKER'S GLAMOROUS LIFE: SAM GREEN

In "A Filmmaker's Glamorous Life," online and in our latest print edition, Esther Robinson surveyed a number of filmmakers about the jobs they've taken to support themselves when they are not making films. In this blog series we'll run the unedited responses we received that were then condensed for the piece. Below: Sam Green.

Filmmaker: How did you support yourself during the production of your last movie/movies? And what was good/not good about these jobs?

Green: I've done a bunch of different things to support myself while making films. I started off doing freelance editing. I did some terrible outdoors/nature shows when I was getting started. The worst was an outdoor cooking show. In other words, some shmoe cooking over a campfire. The guy was terrible. It was quite an editing challenge to come up w/ good takes.

For a while, I edited docs for the History Channel. Also, pretty low quality stuff. America's Psychic Past — one of my masterworks. This was actually really good work — I would crunch on a project for six or eight weeks and make what was for me a lot of money. Then I could not work for two or three months and edit my own stuff.

After a while, I started teaching at universities, and that I actually love. It doesn't pay great, but I really do enjoy working with the kids.

I think it's a balance between making money that will allow you to do your own work, but also not completely sapping your spirit or creativity or integrity. I now direct commercial stuff from time to time and that's the challenge.

Sam Green is a San Francisco-based documentary filmmaker. Green received his master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied documentary with acclaimed filmmaker Marlon Riggs. His film The Weather Underground was nominated for an Academy Award in 2004, broadcast nationally on PBS, and included in the Whitney Biennial. His other award-winning documentaries include lot 63, grave c, The Rainbow Man/John 3:16, N-Judah 5:30, and Pie Fight ’69. Mr. Green currently teaches at the University of San Francisco and the San Francisco Art Institute. He has received grants from the Creative Capital, Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundations, as well as the National Endowment for the Arts. He has been a resident at the MacDowell Colony, the Bellagio Study and Conference Center, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the Marin Headlands Center for the Arts. www.samgreen.to

USF's Own Corinna Halloran, Marathoner

2009-07-30T09:44:00.000-07:00

Hello!
How goes it? I’ve decided to make things a little interesting this summer and fall by starting a new journey. From now until November 1, I’m turning from a casual runner into a marathoner... yup, that’s right I’m running a marathon! And not just any marathon... the NYC Marathon! I’m going from running 3 miles every 3 days to confidentially running a 26.2 miles, no worries-- WHOA!

More importantly, I’ll be running to raise money for Team for Kids, a charity that fights childhood obesity nationally and internationally. Team for Kids is ending the obesity epidemic by creating and funding running-based fitness and health programs. Team for Kids sees that children who have intertwined running and daily exercise into their lives improves health, self-discipline, self-esteem, and their performance in school. Team for Kids hopes that by 2010, 100,000 children will be touched by the TFK program-- and you can help them achieve this goal!

Let’s work together to fight childhood obesity and help children have a happy, healthy, better future by donating to Team for Kids.

To donate please go to:
https://www.nyrrc.org/cgi-bin/start.cgi/mar-programs/nyrrf/team/2009/donations.htm

My NYC Marathon entry # is: 427186
My last name is: Halloran

Oh! And if you want to stay up to date on the NYC Marathon journey I’ve started a blog:
http://corinnarunsnyc.wordpress.com/

Thanks so much!!!
Corinna

Toan Lam Debuts as Regular HuffPost Blogger

2009-07-25T09:57:00.000-07:00

His video goes viral, and Arianna recruits him.

From ToanLam TV: Who Says Good News is an Oxymoron?

2009-07-21T16:45:00.001-07:00

A Summer Exercise from Young Brian Brause

2009-07-14T14:18:00.000-07:00

View Local Newspapers in San Francisco in a larger map

Sam Blackburn is Off to Culinary School

2009-07-08T13:30:00.000-07:00

Sam promises once school begins she will blog it sauce by sauce. We'll be linking over there on the left.

Pat Bhoolsuwan is in DC

2009-06-15T15:49:00.000-07:00

She writes:

Yes I moved to Obamaville and frankly I'm loving it! What a fun town... The big reason I moved here...my boyfriend's got a great promotion with the coast guard and is now working in the DC office. I am hoping to start working in this market, despite the tough market. But like most places, this market is slowly going one man band which is really sad. When you pay your dues for many years and see this in a top 10 market, it kinda sucks...but working here would be fun...so we'll see where it takes me

Carly Perez is Off to the Peace Corps

2009-06-03T14:59:00.000-07:00

Professor Robertson,

The only specifics I've been given about PC is that I'll be an IT tech teacher in either the Caribbean, or Central or South America in a spanish speaking country. Exciting! I will be sure to keep you updated on the experience, keep an eye on my blog (carlyspostscript.blogspot.com)!

Kent German, Tactile Keys and the New York Times

2009-05-20T09:49:00.001-07:00

Our illustrious grad gets snarked at.

You know you've arrived when a New York Times writer takes notice of your work, even if it's to make a snarky remark about it. CNET got such an honor Monday when David Pogue, the newspaper's tech and gadget columnist, included us in a tweet about one of his pet peeves.

Here's what Pogue twittered: "CNET writes 'All the keys feel tactile.' HELLO? 'Tactile' means 'You can feel it.' What the hell is a 'tactile feel'!?"

Kent German is a senior editor for cell phone reviews at CNET. When he's not testing the newest handsets on the market, he's blogging about cell phone news for Crave. In his On Call column, he answers reader questions and gives his take on the rapidly changing mobile industry.

Good Wikipedia, Bad Wikipedia

2009-05-11T12:29:00.000-07:00

Wikipedia for Journalists & Bloggers

View more presentations from StevenWalling.

A Graduate on the Perils of Naked Ambition

2009-05-07T13:39:00.000-07:00

Make that "Naked Ambition." You really need the quotes.

Grad Katie Crozier Has the Political Bug

2009-04-17T21:03:00.000-07:00

She worked for Biden in Iowa. Now she's working for Paul Thissen, who is running for governor in Minnesota.

She writes:

I'll begin work on his campaign next month, which is very exciting for me since I've never gotten to do campaign work from such an early start in a primary -- many people who are expected to also run for Governor here have not yet even announced, so I'm getting a great head-start with all of it. I don't yet have an official "title," but am one of the few people to be put on payroll at the moment. I'm excited!

Hello, Emerson Pearl Nguyen Dennis

2009-04-07T17:14:00.001-07:00

GIRL!!!!!

Announcing the birth of Emerson Pearl Nguyen Dennis

April 5, 2009 at 9:36 in the morning

6 lbs. 15 oz.

18 inches long

Hobbies: eating, crying, eating

Grads are Invited to Critique the Current USF Website and Suggest What the New One Should Look Like

2009-03-26T13:41:00.000-07:00

Image by Denis Collette...!!! via Flickr

Oakland-based White Whale is doing us up a new one. Here's a page where you can leave comments on what you 'formers' want in the new site. After all, USF is something you will never get out of your rear view mirror, so it makes sense to improve the view.

News of Meghedi (Melody) Nazarian Over at Darwin's Cat

2009-03-26T09:42:00.000-07:00

As I said, optimizing your journalism skills via a new platform makes darn good sense in today's journalism market.

Check Out Toan Lam's Blog

2009-03-13T18:42:00.000-07:00

Go Inspire Go...

Friday, March 13, 2009
I've created a movement!!!
Hi Everyone!

I've created a movement! I am very humbled, and inspired to have had such a tremendous response to my new YouTube webchannel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ToanLamTV
(I set up this little corner of cyberspace where people could go to and share/upload/e-mail in/ inspiring stories, a quick pick-me-up -- the goal: To UPLIFT and INSPIRE others through their amazing stories.)

So I've decided to create a blog so my subscribers and viewers could be updated on the latest and greatest, inspiring stories in my queue. So much has transpired since I've gotten laid off from my TV Reporting job, which pushed me to create this space to share stories of ordinary people, with extraordinary stories. What I didn't expect was a huge domino effect.

1.) First, off, I've been receiving so many awesome e-mails, maybe I'll select some and share it on this blog soon. After hearing about the heart wrenching story of what's known as "Tent Cities" or the new face of homelessness during this economic crisis spring up across America and in my hometown of Sacramento, I was inspired by a viewer to go inside one of these homeless encampments and meet some of these middle class Americans, who have lost their jobs and home and are pitching up tent encampments and creating their own communities. You may be asking, how is this inspiring? Let me tell you, the stories of the unbreakable human spirit gave me chills, made me teary eyed and gave me so much hope for humanity.
I'll upload the story today, so stay tuned...

2.)While shooting the story of Tent City Sacramento, I ran into an old highschool friend Erika Duran, while on my way to dinner -- call it serendipity, coincedence or fate-- but something amazing happened. I told her what I was doing with this webchannel and she was so inspired that she asked me if she could use my site as a tool to teach her social studies class a lesson about civic duty and how to be a good citizen. She will document it and upload the video to my webchannel. What will the class be doing? Well, they're going to break up into groups and go from class to class to make presentations on how they can help the homeless people living in Sacramento's Tent City. They'll talk about their cause, what they need to make it happen and how the other students can help.

3.) Several media outlets are going to feature my webchannel, and one of the shows I used to report and field produce for, (Pacific Fusion, an internationally syndicated magazine show that focuses on Asian-American lifestyles is going to give me a free commercial spot. We're working on it as I speak...or write.

4.) Stories have been coming in from around the world. I just uploaded a story sent in from Africa, titled A-to-Z. Keely Stevenson, a social entrepreneur e-mailed the story to me. It shows how one little idea can save so many lives, lost by a preventable disease, malaria. It also shows what they did to help!

5.) And my friend, Nielma Bassig Hock, who has an incredible passion for fashion, owns a charming boutique, "The Firm," in San Francisco. Nielma says she's so inspired by this site, she is going to hold an event at her store to help the unemployed network and get out of the post-layoff-funk. I promise I'll keep you posted on this one.
Oh, and she wants to host an "Inspiring stories" launch party there too.

6.) To my delight and joy, I've been slammed with so many amazing stories, and e-mails of how so many people say this site made their day, and how this timely project helped them get through the day-- which is hard to do during these very uninspiring times... So I promise, I am going to definitely post some of the inspiring emails because they've generated some great stories ideas that I will go out and shoot, others who've sent me links, I promise I'll get around to posting them too!

I'm experiencing the true meaning of paying it forward and having it return 10 fold!
Thanks everyone, for your support and love... and for being a part of my dream, to inspire and uplift people one story, one conversation, and one connection at a time!

-TL

Nicole Zaloumis Update

2009-03-07T10:52:00.001-08:00

And also a window into what passes for sports commentary in the world of sports blogs.

Nicole Zaloumis, FSN. A newbie when it comes to the area, Zaloumis first blessed us with her presence during telecasts of 2008 Mariners games. Making us forget all about her predecessors–the likes of Rich Waltz, Jim Watson, and Brad Adam–Zaloumis made it fun to watch a 100-loss team. I mean, do you really think fans were tuning in to watch Carlos Silva’s fat ass leave in the third?

Nicole Zaloumis

Zaloumis is in her late-20’s and grew up in Danville, CA (also home to ex-Mariner Randy Winn…one of the few things I took away from the players announcing their hometowns during intros back in 2005). She attended the University of San Francisco and was a member of the dance team there (nice poms). She’s trekked around the country looking for broadcasting gigs since graduation, but seems to have found a home (at least temporarily) at the Bellevue studios of FSN. I think we can all appreciate that.

Arts Reporting and Reviewing: The Twitter Reviews of Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2009-02-27T16:43:00.000-08:00

Claire Yeo's Video: Singapore Fun

2009-01-31T11:15:00.000-08:00

Teresa Moore's Aunt Thinks About Obama: TM Does an Interview

2009-01-18T11:26:00.000-08:00

A moving contemplation -- and a fine example of how to do a Q&A!

This is the best thing that’s ever happened to black folks. I’m not saying that he’s just a president for black people but I never thought I’d see this happen. Slaves built up that White House and a black president has never lived there. And a growing family will be living there. I just pray for God to keep them and protect them. I think it’s wonderful that Michelle’s mother is moving in with them. She’s going to keep the grand kids in line. I just cannot wait to see them little black girls running around in that White House and on that lawn. They are going to be all over the place. And you know the Secret Service is going to have a time keeping track of them, especially that little one. She’s going to be everywhere.

I'd Like to be a Consultant. But About What?

2009-01-13T14:54:00.000-08:00

Did I remember this or can I claim originality?

Those who can, do.
Those who can't, teach.
Those who can't but don't realize they can't, consult.

(The image is from Despair.inc, whose wonderful calendars have comforted friends and family for years.)

A Connection at the Institute for Interactive Journalism

2009-01-12T21:44:00.000-08:00

Rachel Sandor is the Project Manager at J-Lab. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado and earned her bachelor’s degree in media studies from The University of San Francisco. While attending USF, she was a film critic for the student newspaper, The San Francisco Foghorn. She is also a former editorial staff member of Rotten Tomatoes, a movie review Web site. Rachel enjoys traveling and lived in Budapest, Hungary for over a year. Her other interests include watching movies and exploring Washington with her fiancé, friends and dog.

How George Sanchez Spent New Year's Day at the LA Daily News

2009-01-01T22:03:00.000-08:00

I was asking him about advice for our journalism students.

buenos dias doc

at work on the new years day shift -- first born babies, first murders of the year, rose parade, penn state fans, etc.

first of all:
The kids have to have multi-media skills. There is no way around that now.

Though editors don't understand the web or new media, they look for it on resumes now. Not basic stuff either -- blog experience is expected. Flash editing is good. Audio and video training is very attractive. Data base building is gaining popularity, though it's still largely underestimated by many editors. That being said, any student interested in investigative work needs to have a data base background now.

I was the representative at the California Chicano News Media Association job fair in October. Resumes without multi-media skills were placed aside by my editor.

know that poor papers (i.e. anything run by gannet or media news group) want multi-media skills but will not pay to train their staff. So we have to take advantage of training sessions by professional organizations like NICAR, CIR, the Knight Digital Media training place across the bay and anything else. Also, multi-media training could be the key to newspaper unions re-establishing their importantance. we'll see.

Yes, good story telling is still important. Basic news assembly, to put it crassly. But solid clips aren't enough anymore. Editors want to see multi-media presentations. Some fantastic examples are the L.A. Times Mexico Under Seige website, or, if you excuse me tooting my own horn, the Star's Social Achievement website.

all for now.
head to a bar to watch the rose bowl with lonely penn state fans in the san fernando valley
george

Anthony Congi is Now a Weekend Anchor

2008-12-30T21:42:00.000-08:00

At Idaho's KDIK. Here's the official bio.

Anthony Congi

YouNews™

Story Published: Apr 1, 2008 at 7:50 PM MST

Story Updated: Apr 25, 2008 at 12:26 AM MST

By Lori Quigley

Anthony comes to Idaho Falls as a reporter after spending his whole life in northern California. He grew up in the small mountain community of Dunsmuir, a town of around 2,000 people near Mt. Shasta. While growing up, Anthony was quite active in sports, lettering in football, basketball and baseball all four years of high school. Anthony started writing for the school newspaper as a freshman and his interest in journalism grew to a passion. As a senior, Anthony was presented the 2003 Bank of America National Academic Achievement Award for excellence in journalism.

After graduating, Anthony left his quiet town and headed for the big city life and attended the University of San Francisco. At USF, he wrote for the school paper and was the announcer at the sporting events for the Dons. Anthony also hosted a show and served as news and sports director, for KDNZ, an all student run radio station. Anthony spent two summers as a sports and news intern for KRCR-TV in Redding, CA. After graduating from USF in May of 2007 with a degree in Media Studies with an emphasis in journalism, Anthony returned to KRCR where he worked as an editor and fill-in news reporter until March 2008.

Though he misses his family and friends in California, he says everyone he's met in Idaho has been very kind and makes him feel right at home. "I'm very excited to report the news here in eastern Idaho and I'm looking forward to both the challenge of the job and meeting new people everyday." In his spare time, Anthony enjoys playing basketball and golf, reading, watching movies and cooking. He's also a huge sports fan and loves to watch his favorite Bay Area teams; the Giants, 49ers, Warriors and his beloved USF Dons.

Anthony is always looking for story ideas and loves hearing from viewers so feel free to drop him an email at anthonyc@kidk.com.

Lulu McAllister Patting the Reindeer and Brigid Moore Leaning Against the Elf

2008-12-11T09:59:00.001-08:00

Here's a link to the magazine.

Another Slideshow Where I Lost the Students' Own Narration

2008-12-05T21:04:00.000-08:00

We Practice Doing a Very Simple Audio Slideshow

2008-12-02T10:19:00.000-08:00

I'm Parking This Here Until I Have Time to Watch It

2008-11-13T18:07:00.001-08:00

Leonard Downie, Jr. from Nieman Journalism Lab on Vimeo.

Jules and Joe Walters and a Candidate for the Class of 2026

2008-10-25T20:09:00.000-07:00

a new baby...

John Joseph Walters
July 3, 2008
7 lbs. 6 oz.

We call him Jack.
Mr. Murphy is flattered.

Grad Down There in the Forest Primeval

2008-10-24T15:46:00.001-07:00

He calls his blog Interesting Peephole.

A USF Education is a Practical Education

2008-10-23T13:43:00.001-07:00

Here's Lia Steakley's new book! She says it paid for her wedding up there in Seattle.

One of Our Busy Seniors

2008-10-21T11:25:00.000-07:00

Hello all!

As many of you know, I've been dabbling in broadcast journalism and storytelling. I wanted to send you all two links. One is for University of San Francisco's youtube page for USFtv. I am a co-news director and at this link you will be able to see me anchor and report. The second link is to an online college network called palestra.net. I am interning for them and again you can see my stories at this site. Also, if you know high school students who want to know what is going on from a student's perspective at a variety of college campuses, please share the link with them! I hope you all can take a few minutes to enjoy some of my hard work :) Hope all is well and please bookmark these links so you can check back every once in a while and catch a glimpse of my work! The youtube page is updated every two weeks for news and palestra has one new story of mine per week. As for comments and critiques, I would love to hear your thoughts!!!

http://www.youtube.com/usftv

http://www.palestra.net/schools/862

ab
--
Ashton Bothman
LPH President
USFtv Co-News Director
ashton.bothman@gmail.com
408.355.5070

We Lose a Graduate

2008-10-14T20:42:00.001-07:00

Fmr. CBS 5 Anchor Reporter Liz Gonzales Dies At 51

GREENBRAE (CBS 5) ― Former CBS 5 anchor and reporter, Liz Gonzales died Wednesday night at her home in Greenbrae. She was 51. Gonzales was diagnosed with colon cancer 10 weeks ago.

Born in San Antonio, Texas, Gonzales received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of San Francisco. She landed her first job in journalism as a reporter trainee at KGTV in San Diego, in 1979. She met and married her husband, cameraman Bob Goldsborough, while working as a co-anchor at KOAT in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Big Pat Lagreid was The King of Campus Radio Back in the Day

2008-10-09T12:11:00.000-07:00

I'm coming to the end of a three-year run with the Seattle Mariners Radio Network, because Fisher Broadcasting's contract as a rightsholder is expiring on Oct. 31 and going to KIRO-AM, owned by Bonneville. There's hope that I could land over there, but nothing is guaranteed. I've applied for some other things, but it's still early yet in the process. It could involve a relocation, but that's still TBD.

My hope would be to stay both in baseball and in Seattle, but I'm more committed to the former than the latter.

In the meantime, between job hunts I'm continuing to work on my two blogs - one of which I am going to be shopping as an audio feature to baseball broadcasts all around the country. I'm trying to shift my employee/entrepreneur balance a little bit, and I hope this will be a good part of that.

And the blogs are:

Baseball On My Brain - www.baseballonmybrain.com

and

The Baseball Book Review - www.baseballbookreview.com

And One of Top Editors There is USF's Own Ryan Henry

2008-10-03T14:59:00.000-07:00

Media Studies major Laura Plantholt writes at her blog.

You're looking at the newest intern for High Speed Productions, Inc.

HSP produces three magazines: Thrasher, Juxtapoz, and Slap. Today was my first day, and I spent the entire time transcribing an artist interview that will appear in Slap. I may be developing carpal tunnel syndrom. But I couldn't be happier.

A Red State Update from Our Own Jessica Dryden-Cook

2008-10-02T12:19:00.000-07:00

Pictures! Travels!! A wonderful blog!!

She writes:

I am working for American Greetings in Cleveland, OH as a Marketing and Brand Manager for Webshots and totally love this fall weather in the midwest.

We all love us some Bay Area, but there is a great and glittering world that lies beyond. Right ...?

USF's Own Anthony Congi Mano a Mano with Mitt Romney

2008-10-01T19:06:00.000-07:00

Anthony has him in the crosshairs.

On the Trail of San Francisco Style

2008-09-30T20:17:00.000-07:00

Our own Meghedi Nazarian, the online queen, has started a style blog called The Fashionphiles.

(She needs to come back to USF and check out some of the older faculty, who are a living museum of Sixties fashion.)

Leah Hitchings Has Come Home. Yahoo! (Bad Joke)

2008-09-02T18:35:00.000-07:00

I'm currently working as an editor for Yahoo! News in Sunnyvale, running their front page breaking news coverage. I've been at Yahoo! for a little over a year now, and I haven't tired of the foosball tables and free lattes yet.

Before working for Yahoo! News I was working as a news producer for The New York Times. I also worked on front page news coverage for them and worked specifically with their Business desk.

Fellow USF alumna Shadi Rahimi worked at the Times while I was there, so there might have been a bit more San Francisco-centric coverage on the site while we were around...Previous to the Times I wrote for McGraw-Hill Business Magazines, interned for CBS News' "Sunday Morning Show,” and worked as a writer for States News Service in Washington, DC. It’s great to be back in SF!

Our Forbes Intern

2008-09-01T20:38:00.000-07:00

USF Media Studies own Jacqueline Williams has an internship at Forbes Magazine's Burlingame office -- which I did not know existed. Good work!

Beautiful Guy Has Beautiful Baby

2008-08-18T08:39:00.000-07:00

USF's own Fred Blankenship, now at WSB-TV in Atlanta, welcomes FB4. That's a nice baby. But Fred was always the West Coast distributor for handsome.

Maria Dinzeo Has a Big Story for the Bay Guardian, Where She Interns

2008-08-08T10:54:00.000-07:00

First the lead:

The largest taxicab company in San Francisco is trying to squeeze more money from its drivers, who say they're already being hit hard by increased gate fees and rising fuel costs.

Yellow Cab has ordered its drivers to prepay for the privilege of driving each month, amounting to thousands of dollars for full-time drivers. Compounding that financial hardship is the apparent intention of the company to use prepaid gate fees to change the employment status of its drivers from employees to independent contractors who are no longer entitled to unemployment insurance and workers' compensation coverage.

While local officials say Yellow Cab's new policy is illegal, they have little power to compel the company to abandon the plan, which was supposed to go into effect Aug. 15 but has now been moved to December under pressure from city officials and the United Taxicab Workers union. Drivers are also threatening to bring legal action to stop Yellow Cab, relying on a past ruling barring the company from requiring deposits from its drivers and misclassifying drivers as independent contractors.

And here's the link. I bet Maria would respond to questions about this story if we asked her nicely.

Here's Our New Alumni Survey

2008-08-07T19:01:00.000-07:00

This is our first step toward creating alum directory. Here it is.

Our Person in Italy

2008-08-04T19:38:00.000-07:00

Audrey Sherman writes:

I just got back from Italy (the journalism program) and thought you might be interested in what we were doing over there. It was an awesome experience. We basically each created a web page complete with an article, photos and short video. It really taught all of the skills that seem to be important with the evolution of journalism lately. Mine was about the Slow Food movement with a video demonstrating a how to make pasta through a local woman.

Our Person in London

2008-08-02T18:33:00.001-07:00

Chloe Schildhause writes from one of our many mother countries:

I am just emailing to update you on my internships and such as promised. RK Magazine is the site I interned with in the spring. If you come across articles written by Joey Rosseau that's me as well.

This summer I interned with Vogue.co.uk in London - here is a link to some little blurbs I wrote for the website -

http://www.vogue.co.uk/search/default.aspx?Keywords=chloe+schildhause

Not much, but at least my name's on the page. It's silly, they had my write about makeup and perfume, neither of which I wear. Right now I am in London again interning with Dazed and Confused magazine.

Death of Investigative Reporting?

2008-08-02T17:16:00.000-07:00

According to Ad Age, the Google CEO is concerned about the unlikelihood newspaper investigative reporting will "monetize."

NYC, Here She Comes

2008-07-17T10:52:00.000-07:00

USF's own Benice Atufunwa: accepted into grad school at NYU.

George Sanchez Writes About His Cancer

2008-07-13T18:00:00.000-07:00

My beloved cousin died of cancer she failed to promptly diagnose and, after diagnosis, vigorously treat.

So, thanks George. The story is called One Man's Cancer Journey.

It's a *multimedia* story, but my favorite bit is words, just words:

People always ask, "How did you know?" or "How did you find it?"

Well, I touched myself.

To be specific, I touched my right testicle. How do I explain? To be honest, I must have been getting ready to masturbate. I don't know. Picture me shrugging my shoulders.

The Great Hyphen Dilemma

2008-07-01T12:13:00.000-07:00

Jessica Dryden-Cook writes from Ohio to announce her engagement. But there is a problem:

I know the question on everyone's mind: Will I be Jessica Dryden-Cook-McKeown?

These are the things that keep me lying awake at night.

Good Wholesome Fun: Vote for Tiffany

2008-06-26T19:02:00.001-07:00

Tiffany Maleshefski writes:

School may be out for summer, but that doesn't mean your favorite cheerleaders aren't already planning for our triumphant next senior year this fall! Are you jonesing for a little cheer? Did you miss our Cheerleader Smackdown? Well, here's a little taste to tide you over: http://www.cockts.com/dates/

In the meantime, we're asking for your help and support! The SF Bay Guardian is having their Best of the Bay readers poll, where you get to vote for your favorite Bay Area whatever category! If you have a moment, please click on the link below, go to page two and enter The Cock-Ts under "Best Burlesque Act". Tell your friends!

http://www.sfbg.com/bob/2008/ <http://www.sfbg.com/bob/2008/> <http://www.sfbg.com/bob/2008/>>

GS in LA

2008-06-26T12:27:00.000-07:00

George Sanchez writes:

Hey Doc,

It's official. I just signed the offer letter and faxed it to the Los Angeles Daily News.

Beginning July 7th, I will cover the Los Angeles Unified School District for the LA Daily News, which is owned by Dean Singleton's MediaNews Group. I'll be starting in their Woodland Hills office and hope to get a desk in their city hall bureau. Though I'll be covering LAUSD, the second largest public school district in the country, my coverage will focus on LAUSD schools and programs in the San Fernando Valley. Of course I'll also cover LAUSD administration in downtown and will likely have to deal with LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

My final piece for the Arizona Daily Star is scheduled to run the day before and is a first-hand account of having testicular cancer.

Congratulations, Franki!!!

2008-06-16T21:23:00.000-07:00

Franki Fitterer, '99, writes:

I got a job at American University Washington College of Law as Director of Public Relations. I'm moving to DC!

And I said: Great job, and you will *do* a great job.

A Good Internship

2008-06-16T15:30:00.000-07:00

Tiffany Maleshefski writes from Everywhere Magazine:

I have an intern under my wing at the new job. It's the first one I've ever had, and it's a nice thing to have. At this particular magazine, we don't relegate the interns to menial tasks. Instead, we make them load up on blog postings. It's a way to keep the blog flush with content and a way for them to be continuously churning out content.

In a way, *all* blogging is a kind of internship, an exercise in first-draft writing.

What do you think??

Building the USF Family

2008-06-13T15:45:00.000-07:00

Which Juliana and Joe Walters are hard at work doing.

My Lord, when Juliana -- Juliana Acken she was back then and smart as a whip; the wine remembers! -- took reporting, it was in a classroom without computers, if I remember it right. But she has since mastered the means of production.

Top: Stanley Belly.

Middle: Madison, Kate and Susie.

Bottom: Juliana and Joe (still a damned handsome couple)

USF did good work back there last century.

And here's their company.

Sunny Lin Writes from Beijing

2008-06-11T09:23:00.000-07:00

I have been working since I got here. I am a Project Manager for a fashion production house/agency. Our company specializes in putting together fashion shows, events and shop openings for luxurious brands. We pretty much do everything from conception to execution except for PR. I just started with my next project that is Marie Clare's charity auction and gala dinner. It's fun but I work all hours and weekends. I do enjoy it but definitely not a long term deal. I cant be doing 15hr shift on a daily basis which sometimes include weekends. It's way too much!!! But for the moment, I am enjoying it and it keeps me out of trouble!

USF Grad No Stranger to Reporting Innovations

2008-06-10T11:31:00.000-07:00

It's Everywhere.com Magazine. One of the 'Small Team of Editors' is Our Own Tiffany Maleshefski

2008-06-06T10:43:00.000-07:00

The images and short stories that fill these magazines are submitted by its readers. Folks post their photos to a Web site, the site's readers vote on the best ones, then a small team of editors assembles its top choices into the magazines. If their work is published, the photographers receive $100, plus a year's subscription. Even in this Twittering digital age in which tens of millions of self-publishers have created their own blogs, there is still enough of a thrill in being published in a bound print publication that the bi-monthly JPG has amassed an inventory of 500,000 images.

Writers get a hundred bucks, too. Tiffany is one of the 'word' editors, and she says she is encouraged to maintain the 'voice' of the writer, which I heartily approve.

Full story from the SF Chron here.

Where's Corinna Halloran?

2008-05-28T11:20:00.001-07:00

From Back East, Corinna Halloran (J minor, '07) writes:

I am discovering my path. I want to write "non-fiction." I want to create. (Maybe I'll be a creative non-fiction writer). Now this may sound hokey, but I HAVE realized that fate does have A LOT to do with jobs. With the internship at the local weekly and with this photographer position I was at the right place at the right time. I don't know if this will discourage any future students but I think it's pretty exciting. I found the internship at the weekly, because I started talking to a photographer I saw at the beach.

I have another "job offer" with a local start up clothing company to photograph their line. The clothing company I hope to be involved with is a surf clothing line and I found out about it because the "CEO" has known me for a while but more importantly, knows I'm a photographer. So, again... it's all who you know and who sees you doing what you love.

Yes, I did graduate and yes, I am a waitress (as if it hasn't been done before) but I need money. And I am hell bent on not being a waitress after this summer... I'm working towards a "nugget"... so regardless of how nice the fast money is... I refuse to settle and "get comfortable." Continuing on the idea of the nugget/ getting out of waitressing... I am very interested in traveling and crewing on a boat... although someone recently said "that's the beginning of the end."... and I can drink with the journalists but drinking with sailors is a completely different ball game.... so we shall see.

AND THEN, putting my English degree to use, I'm very very interested in becoming TESOL certified. There is a program in Costa Rica that I'm going to apply for in the Fall.

So I have a lot of "plans," I want to try a lot, and I want to experience a lot. Most importantly, I want to be happy with what ever I end up doing. Regardless, I promise to keep you updated. Please please please have any students email me with any questions they have... It would be cool to help out

Corinna can be reached at: c.m.halloran@gmail.com

Where's Tiffany Maleshefski?

2008-05-28T11:17:00.000-07:00

She's an editor at Everywhere.com. Romanesko links to the Chron, which explains.

8020 Publishing has just 19 people putting out two magazines

San Francisco Chronicle

Mitchell Fox, who left Conde Nast to oversee 8020 Publishing, says it would cost his former employer millions to send photographers and writers around the world to produce magazines similar to what he's putting out now. The images and short stories that fill 8020's Everywhere travel magazine and JPG photo journal are submitted by readers.

Look Look at the Spring Class in Video Reporting

2008-05-28T10:21:00.000-07:00

Maria Dinzeo Covers Her First Press Conference for the Bay Guardian

2008-05-22T18:52:00.000-07:00

With a rousing Bay Guardian lead and an AP quote in the second graf.

Blasting Lennar's land grab

By Maria Dinzeo
While we've already dubbed Lennar Corporation "the corporation that ate San Francisco," representatives from five Bay Area environmental organizations today held a press conference to blast the corporation for creating Prop. G to gobble up the rest of Bayview Hunter's Point and Candlestick Point.

Esselene Stancil, a resident of Bayview since the 1950's, says this is nothing new. Change is often promised, but it always falls short. "I have seen many changes in the Bayview, and this change is not for us. We have plenty of parks. What we need is to take care of the one's we have. They promise us houses, but there are no houses being built out there that people will be able to afford."

Here's the link.

Meghedi Nazarian Associate Editor

2008-05-22T09:05:00.000-07:00

That's her latest promotion at FabSugar, part of the Sugar empire:

The Sugar Network comprises of 15 distinct lifestyle and entertainment sites covering topics that include celebrity, fashion, shopping, beauty, entertainment, food, health and more.

I'm a GeekSugar kind of guy myself, but I don't think I'm part of the demo.

For the rest of you: The Kate Moss Catwalk Competition.

Katie Crozier Is Off to the University of Minnesota at Duluth

2008-05-21T10:49:00.000-07:00

Dear Katie,

Congratulations on being accepted to the Masters of Advocacy and Political Leadership (MAPL) program for the Fall 2008 semester. The MAPL Review Committee enthusiastically recommended approval of your application. We hope you accept this invitation to participate in what we hope will be a unique educational opportunity.

This program sounds fascinating. Katie did much research before choosing it. We await reports!

News from Jonahlynn

2008-05-19T09:17:00.000-07:00

Jonahlynn Sabado writes that she is:

writing press releases for a startup company in Fremont. On my own time I'm also doing freelance writing for Demand Media just to build up my writing skills/portfolio...

Soon after we graduated last year, my sister and I have been working on our own side projects producing slideshows for family events.... We're slowly trying to develop our own business... it makes me wish I had taken up film studies at USF.. but it's okay... I'm learning as I go along... :)

Toan Lam Update

2008-05-18T12:14:00.000-07:00

Besides working full time at KRON and teaching at USF, another one of my dreams has come true... reporting for PBS! I've always wanted to report for educational TV, since I was a little snot-nosed boy watching Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street... 1-2-3-4-5-6-7...8-9-10!

My story won't air until July, however, there's a promo on the website... www.kvie.org just click on california heartland... stay tuned...

Thanks for watching...

Toan

Media Studies Held Its Senior Dinner Last Week

2008-05-17T23:52:00.000-07:00

From Tiffany Maleshefski: I'm Making It Viral

2008-05-15T16:05:00.000-07:00

Hi guys,

Most of you know that I am now an editor at a new travel magazine published in good ol' San Francisco. It's called Everywhere Magazine and you can learn more at www.everywheremag.com.

We are a user-generated magazine, which means, our content is written by our readers. Sweet, huh? This is where I need you.

As of this month, we are short on items for a department we call Grand Openings. As you've probably guessed, it highlights new museums, cultural centers, hotels, restaurants, etc. that have recently opened.

All we need from you is a pic and maybe 100 words of copy accompanying AND not only do you get your name in print, you get a $100. EASY MONEY!

So mull over those Flickr Photos, skim that Kodak Gallery, and show me what you got. We'd love something that's in the U.S.

Tiff
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I Like the Way Pat Bhoolsuwan Describes This: 'My First Emmy'

2008-05-15T16:00:00.001-07:00

Up there in Reno. But that look from the side!!

Katie Crozier is Blogging Again

2008-05-14T13:43:00.001-07:00

News and experiences. We anticipate some more good news she'll soon be sharing.

A Faculty Member is Honored

2008-05-12T21:02:00.000-07:00

A Congi Update

2008-05-12T09:53:00.000-07:00

Anthony Congi

YouNewsTV™

Story Published: Apr 1, 2008 at 7:50 PM MDT

Story Updated: Apr 25, 2008 at 12:26 AM MDT

By Lori Quigley

Most Recent Sighting of a Migratory 'Bird'

2008-05-12T09:43:00.001-07:00

Sunny Lin is alive, well, married and living in Beijing. More information as it becomes available!

USF journalism blog

Amanda Van West Writes about Her UK Masters

A Grad's MA Project from Westminster University in the UK

Layla Paige Blankenship: Congratulations, Fred

Michael Serazio: a Job, a Wife ...

Anthony Congi for a Good Cause

One-Word Wit

nihilarian

Our Own James Tedford, Legendary Foghorn Editor

Amanda Van West is Alive, Well, Blogging in the UK

Our Own Anthony Congi

Our Own Niall Adler

Finn Christian Nerboe: Good Job, Sunny

Pat Lagreid is Now a Fashion Maven

Toan's Latest at HuffPost

Joe and Julianna Walters and Their Little Dividends

Kate Elston's Travel Blog is Up and Running: Off to South America

Toan Lam's Latest GoInspireGo.com video

Toan Lam's Latest GoInspireGo Video

Kate Elston off to Chile for Print Internship

Congi and the Big Marijuana Bust

Anthony T.C. Congi Covering the biggest marijuana bust in Idaho history. Details to come

$47K to Attend Columbia J: A Guy Wonders If He Should've

Toan Lam and the Ripple Effect

Entrepreneurial Grads Joe and Julianna Acken Walters

A Dispatch from Our Ambassador to Minnesota

Kate Elston at KALW

Teresa Rochester Interviews the Survivor of a Partial Nuclear Meltdown 50 Years Later

The Agony and the Ecstacy, or Do I Mean More Agony?

Toan Lam Back Up at Huffington Post

Adjunct Extraordinaire Sam Green Loves USF

A FILMMAKER'S GLAMOROUS LIFE: SAM GREEN

USF's Own Corinna Halloran, Marathoner

Toan Lam Debuts as Regular HuffPost Blogger

From ToanLam TV: Who Says Good News is an Oxymoron?

A Summer Exercise from Young Brian Brause

Sam Blackburn is Off to Culinary School

Pat Bhoolsuwan is in DC

Carly Perez is Off to the Peace Corps

Kent German, Tactile Keys and the New York Times

Good Wikipedia, Bad Wikipedia

A Graduate on the Perils of Naked Ambition

Grad Katie Crozier Has the Political Bug

Hello, Emerson Pearl Nguyen Dennis

Grads are Invited to Critique the Current USF Website and Suggest What the New One Should Look Like

News of Meghedi (Melody) Nazarian Over at Darwin's Cat

Check Out Toan Lam's Blog

Nicole Zaloumis Update

Arts Reporting and Reviewing: The Twitter Reviews of Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Claire Yeo's Video: Singapore Fun

Teresa Moore's Aunt Thinks About Obama: TM Does an Interview

I'd Like to be a Consultant. But About What?

A Connection at the Institute for Interactive Journalism

How George Sanchez Spent New Year's Day at the LA Daily News

Anthony Congi is Now a Weekend Anchor

Anthony Congi

By Lori Quigley

Lulu McAllister Patting the Reindeer and Brigid Moore Leaning Against the Elf

Another Slideshow Where I Lost the Students' Own Narration

We Practice Doing a Very Simple Audio Slideshow

I'm Parking This Here Until I Have Time to Watch It

Jules and Joe Walters and a Candidate for the Class of 2026

Grad Down There in the Forest Primeval

A USF Education is a Practical Education

One of Our Busy Seniors

We Lose a Graduate

Fmr. CBS 5 Anchor Reporter Liz Gonzales Dies At 51

Big Pat Lagreid was *The King* of Campus Radio Back in the Day

And One of Top Editors There is USF's Own Ryan Henry

A Red State Update from Our Own Jessica Dryden-Cook

USF's Own Anthony Congi Mano a Mano with Mitt Romney

On the Trail of San Francisco Style

Leah Hitchings Has Come Home. Yahoo! (Bad Joke)

Our Forbes Intern

Beautiful Guy Has Beautiful Baby

Maria Dinzeo Has a Big Story for the Bay Guardian, Where She Interns

Here's Our New Alumni Survey

Our Person in Italy

Our Person in London

Death of Investigative Reporting?

Big Pat Lagreid was The King of Campus Radio Back in the Day

Meghedi Nazarian Associate Editor